Sutherland Elected ABA President for 1917
Senator George Sutherland of Utah was chosen president of the American Bar Association for 1917, defeating Walter George Smith of Philadelphia by four votes. Ricaut sails to Monterey to assume headquarters. Colonel Tirzo Gonzales to command Mata moros troops.
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Chicago
Ill
George Sutherland
Utah
American Bar Association
Walter George Smith
Philadelphia
Ters
Tirzo Gonzales
Ricaut
Matamoros
State Departments Compile Reports In Texas
The close of the state fiscal year finds all departments preparing their reports for printers. Some units issue biannual reports while others publish annually. The State Treasury closes the books and notes new appropriations for maintenance and new buildings. Masonry Inspector Hendrickson works on new plans as preparations continue.
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State Departments
Austin
Tex
State Treasury Department
State Inspector of Masonry
Hendrickson
Doctor Promises Iron Cure for Weak People in Ten Days
Dr FE Sauer says many lack iron in blood causing nervous weakness and poor digestion. He prescribes two five grain tablets of nuxated iron three times daily after meals for two weeks, claiming strength and endurance can double or triple with proper use. The note offers a refund and a $100 donation pledge if iron fails to boost strength.
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New York
N. Y
FE. Sauer
Europe
H. L. Wagner
Railroads Brace for Possible Strike Over Adamson Bill
R H Aishton of Chicago & Northwestern warned Congress could not fix wage scales. railroads say they will obey the law but doubt its court durability. Preparations for a strike next Monday continue at publicity headquarters as action looms regardless of congressional moves.
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Congress
Brotherhoods
R. H. Aishton
Chicago & Northwestern
Bills Before Congress Move To Enact Eight Hour Trainman Law
President Wilson meets with Senate and House leaders as both chambers push identical eight hour bills for interstate rail workers. Provisions include pro rata pay, a three member commission, and a January 1 1917 effective date with exemptions for shorter lines. The Adamson bill gains favorable committee reports as brotherhood leaders pledge to support if enacted this week.
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D. C
Wilson
Capitol
Senate
House
Brotherhood
Speaker Clark
Congress
Interstate Commerce Committee
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kern
Newlands
United States
Treasury
No Treasury
Prepare to Direct Strike in Kansas City District
Headquarters opened in Kansas City to direct a threatened strike by railway employes. W. C. Turner of the Order of Railway Conductors arrived to oversee terminals in Kansas City St. Joseph and Omaha and the systems of Union Pacific Kansas City Southern Kansas City Mexico Orient Quincy Omaha Kansas City Missouri Oklahoma Gulf and St. Joseph Grand Island.
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Kansas City
W. C. Turner
Order of Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
St. Joseph & Grand Island
Public to Poot Bill Stirs Rail Labor Hearings
Railroad officials trainmen and shippers argued for nine hours before the Senate interstate commerce committee on a bill to avert a strike and compensate railroads for added costs. They agreed Congress must act to prevent a work stoppage and the public will bear cost for an eight hour day.
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Senate Committee
Bennett
Cooper
Ohio
Congress
House
Senate
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States of America
United States
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Buj
Brotherhoods
Texas Senators urged to avert railroad strike via telegrams
Messages from labor groups in Texas push Senators Sheppard and Culberson to oppose arbitration and back the eight hour law. The San Antonio Trades Council calls for support of the eight hour day and present compensation, while soliciting opposition to Beeders railways inclusion in the eight hour plan. The San Antonio Traction Company is using attorneys to secure Senator Sheppard's stance against that inclusion.
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Washington, D. C
Sheppard and
Culberson
Texas
San Antonio Trades Council
Organized Labor of
San Antonio
San Antonio Traction Company
Sheppard
Beedsers Railways
Moving Van Drivers Strike Demands Union Recognition
ST. LOUIS September 1 five hundred moving van drivers chauffeurs and helpers walked out in a strike demanding union recognition and higher wages.
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ST. Louis
Marshals to Ride Katy Trains if Strike Impacts St Louis Lines
U S marshals will ride all Katy trains on St Louis area lines in receivership if a railway strike occurs. Roads affected include St Louis and San Francisco Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain and Missouri Kansas Texas.
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U.S. Marshals
Katy
ST. Louis
United States
San Francisco
Missouri Pacific Iron
Texans Named for West Point Entrance Exam
War Department lists Texas nominees for U S Military Academy entrance next March. Joseph P Warren Dallas David T Stafford first alternate San Antonio Robert G Gard Houston Bo Green Wolf City Albert G Schramm Taylor Joseph F Ellis first alternate Lockhart John H Collier San Antonio Thomas J Gleason El Paso Grady St Clair first alternate San Benito Candidates enter West Point June 1917.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Unite States Military Academy
Joseph P. Warren
Dallas
David T. Stafford
San Antonio
Robert G. Gard
Houston
Bo Green
Wolf City
Albert G Schramm
Taylor
Joseph F. Ellis
Lockhart
John H. Collier
Thomas J Gleason
Fl Paso
Grady St Clair
San Benito
West Point
Cabrera to Meet U S Officials in Portsmouth Talk
Cabrera head of the Mexican de facto government commission arrived in Key West aboard the Dixie with James Linn Rodger, the American special representative to Mexico, for a meeting with an American commission to settle international questions.
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Key West
Fla
Cabrera
Portsmouth
N. H
Mexico
United States
Dixie
James Linn Rodger
Telegraphers on Northern Pacific strike may be averted
St Paul Minnesota Sept 1 E Manion vice president of the order of railway telegraphers said the threatened strike by telegraphers employed by the Northern Pacific Railway Company might be averted.
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ST. Paul, Minn
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